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China Monday 26 April 2021, by Xiong Yan Xiong Yan, the Beijing-based pseudonymous founder of the Drivers’ Alliance mutual aid network, attracted widespread media attention last month when he criticized the food-delivery platform Ele.me’s Spring Festival holiday bonus system. Then, in late February, he lost contact with his family, according to his sister. With rumors of legal troubles flying, it may be useful to look back at how the working-class Xiong came to be such a lightning rod. The following article, published last October by the Chinese nonfiction platform White Night Workshop, sees Xiong telling his story in his own words. It offers a small window into his efforts and those of his comrades, however fragile, as they strive to turn a seemingly unbreakable tide. ....